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The 34th-ranked Slippery Rock University women's tennis team takes a best-ever 22-5 record into Division IIregional competition against Bentley (Mass.) College (14-10) Thursday in Bloomsburg.

SRU senior Ashley Greene, a Seneca Valley graduate, plays No. 3 doubles.

The Rockis in the postseason for the seventh time in school history and the sixth time in the last eight seasons.

The Center Township Athletic Association recently hosted the local Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit &Run competition.All winners advance to sectional competition later this month in Allegheny County. Sectional all-around champions become eligible to qualify for the team championship at PNCPark.Local winners follow:• <B>Ages 7-8: </B>Caleb Baxter (overall, pitch, run), Jason Gray (hit)• <B>Ages 9-10:</B>Christopher Fiorina (overall, pitch, run), Wyatt Daugherty (hit)• <B>Ages 11-12:</B>Joseph DeMartino (overall, hit), Robert Stamm (pitch), Kyle Campbell (run)• <B>Ages 13-14:</B>Brandon Gray (overall, pitch), Evan Luchkiw (hit), Rachel Hannon (run)

The first qualifying round of the Butler County Tourism 2007 Golf Tour was held Saturday at Cranberry Highlands with seven winning duos earning spots in the tour's final invitation-only event in September.The Tour's next stop is Aubrey's Dubbs Dred on May 12. The seven qualifying teams Saturday and their best-ball scores follow:<B>1-</B>Dave Raffaner (Worthington) and Rob Voltz (Butler) 66, <B>2</B>-Robert Waters (Washington, Pa.) and Mark Hazen (Pittsburgh) 69, <B>3-</B>Tony Gaudio (Butler) and Joe Gaudio (Butler) 70, <B>4-</B>Adam Ramsey (Pittsburgh) and Shawn Davis (Pittsburgh) 71, <B>5-</B>Jeff Eckman (Apollo) and Jaushua Eckman (Apollo) 72, <B>6-</B>John Wick (Mars) and David Wick (Mars) 73,<B> 7-</B>Robert Gealey (Butler) and Bruce Geary (Butler) 75

Tom Fry of Butler rolled a perfect game Monday at the United States Bowling Congress Open Championships in Reno, Nev.The 45-year-old left-hander recorded the 300 game during the middle game of his doubles series. He also rolled a 190 and 183 for a 673 series.The 300 was the 13th of this year's USBCOpen Championships. Fry has posted a 200.6 career average for nearly 200 games in his 22-year Open Championships career.

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